— A few Days Later —

Under the bright azure sky, clouds drifted by as the wind caressed his face. Wei Chen stood at the side deck of a small flying ark from the Thousand Treasure Pavilion. The small ark was heading to the Azure River Capital for a business trip regarding U-Phone sales.

With the production capacity greatly increased after adding several new production lines, the Thousand Treasure Pavilion planned to push for a wider market rather than selling the product only through the auction hall like before.

"By the way…" Wei Chen uttered with a wry smile as he turned back and saw a familiar figure.

"Why are you following me?" he asked.

The figure was Mo Xingyao. She was munching on a barbecue drumstick, staring at Wei Chen as if he were human garbage.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" he asked again.

"I am looking at a skirt-chasing scumbag," Mo Xingyao replied as if stating a simple fact.

Wei Chen stared back, thinking about something.

"Oh, are you jealous?" Wei Chen slowly moved closer to Mo Xingyao with a teasing smile while she continued to stare defiantly at him.

"Hmph. Shameless scumbag. Who would be jealous of you?" Mo Xingyao said with a pout, her munching on the drumstick becoming more voracious as if she were venting her anger on it. She then continued.

"Ms. Dream Butterfly is the top courtesan of the Immortal Dream Garden and the most beautiful woman on the continent. She is like an immortal flower that no one can take and can only be admired from afar."

"She also does not sell her flesh and only sells arts and good companionship. Even though she is a courtesan, I do not want her to be dirtied by your lustful hands," Mo Xingyao said, her glare intensifying.

"Oi oi, do I look like some kind of lustful demon in your eyes? I have basic decorum and basic decency, you know?" Wei Chen retorted.

"Hmph. Who would believe that?" Mo Xingyao snorted.

"So, if you are not following me out of jealousy, don't tell me you are following me because you want to complete a deal yourself on this business trip? Are all the managers in the Thousand Treasure Pavilion incompetent, and you as the head of the company need to come here yourself?" Wei Chen teased.

"Huh? Head of the company? What is that?" Mo Xingyao asked, her curiosity piqued.

"It is Chief Executive Officer in my homeland's language. It means the person who is the big boss of a company and can do anything they see fit to develop and improve their company. In your case, your company is the Thousand Treasure Pavilion," Wei Chen explained.

"Chief Executive Officer? CEO? I do not know why, but it sounds awesome to me. From now on, I am the CEO," Mo Xingyao declared proudly.

"By the way," she added while looking curiously at Wei Chen, "You said it is your homeland language. Where is your homeland? Is it on this continent? I have never heard this kind of language before. Is it from another continent? Is another continent real?" Mo Xingyao asked rapidly, her curiosity fully awakened.

Hearing this, a faint melancholic smile appeared on Wei Chen's face. He thought about his life back on Earth. Even though it felt like a distant dream, he still remembered it. He wondered what kind of reaction his parents would have if they knew he was dead.

Would they be shocked? Would anything happen to them? He should feel worried about his parents, but somehow, he only felt nostalgic and melancholic, like recalling a distant dream.

He only hoped they would live well. Since he had worked as a nuisance streamer, he had prepared for the worst. His insurance and all the wealth he left behind should ensure that his parents in his previous life would never need to worry about their lives again.

As for his ex, she was also one of the people who would receive money from the insurance according to his will.

"Sigh…" Wei Chen let out a soft sigh.

"It is not in this realm, and I do not think I will ever be able to return there. You don't need to worry about it." Wei Chen smiled, then walked toward the front of the ship to let the wind clear away the discomfort in his heart.

Seeing Wei Chen like this, Mo Xingyao's eyes shone with a strange light. There was a bit of understanding in them, as if she understood something.

{Is this guy's homeland in the upper realm? Or… was he from a distant era and only woke up in this era? That might explain why he knows so many secrets.} Mo Xingyao thought silently.

She had already run a background check on Wei Chen, but she did not find any famous adventurer or secret realm explorer with the same name or techniques as Wei Chen.

It was as if he had simply appeared in this era out of nowhere. There was absolutely zero information about him. And this supported Mo Xingyao's theory that perhaps… Wei Chen was either from the upper realm… or came from a different era.

But the question was…

Which era did he come from? The Golden Era? The Great War Era? The Demonic Dominance Era? Or… the Primordial Era?

As Mo Xingyao wandered in her own thoughts, the flying ark finally arrived at Azure River Capital City.

This city was so vast that Wei Chen felt it might be the size of the entire country of Spain. It was a sprawling metropolis. The twist was that flying arks moved back and forth above the city, transporting goods.

The sky belonged to cultivators who possessed spiritual qi, while the ground belonged to mortals who lacked it. This created a clear divide between the two.

Unlike Thousand Treasure City, this city had an obvious distinction in hierarchy. No mortal seemed to work on flying arks. They all lived on the ground and went about their lives there. Because the city's territory was so large, many mortals lived in their own district for their entire lives. Traveling to another city was rare. Even visiting a friend in another district required resources far beyond what would be needed on Earth.

So the lifestyles of mortals and cultivators were clearly separated. Unlike Thousand Treasure City, where mortals and cultivators mixed freely, this place felt more like cultivators were feudal lords while mortals were peasants.

It was that kind of atmosphere.

The flying ark slowly docked at the Thousand Treasure Pavilion's private port. This city also had a branch of the Thousand Treasure Hall.

"So, are you going to the Immortal Dream Garden directly?" Mo Xingyao asked. Her mouth was pouting like a duck's beak.

Seeing this, Wei Chen could not help teasing her. He used his finger to poke her pouting lower lip.

"Look at you. The more you pout, the more your mouth looks like a duck… arrgghhh aw aw aw aw aw."

Wei Chen got bitten. Mo Xingyao's little mouth turned out to be a death trap.

After the two played around a little, Wei Chen rubbed his finger, which still had visible red teeth marks on it.

"Damn… you really need to fix your habit of biting people. One day people might think you were cursed by a dog for stealing its spot when you were born!" Wei Chen complained, although his mouth remained vicious.

"What did you say!?"

"Arrrghh aw awawa awaw!"

This time Wei Chen retreated out of the girl's attack range and rubbed his arm where more teeth marks appeared.

"Hmph! Go ahead and visit that courtesan. Who would be jealous of you?" Mo Xingyao pouted, then continued.

"Just let me go in this foreign city without any guard who can protect me. Sister Lan is still injured, and you leave to drink with the most beautiful woman, leaving me unguarded and open to all the assassins. I might die, but your happiness should come first, so go ahead. You don't need to worry about my life and death." Mo Xingyao complained.

Seeing this, Wei Chen could not help but roll his eyes. If you want me to go, then stop gaslighting me. You say all of this, and you think I could go play on my own with a clear conscience?

Seeing that Mo Xingyao's gloomy mood was still there, Wei Chen let out a sigh.

"Fine… I'll protect you. Dream Butterfly never said when, so as long as it is not too long, I'll accompany you on this trip," Wei Chen said without much reluctance.

"Really!?" Mo Xingyao's smile bloomed, making Wei Chen avert his eyes. This girl, when she smiles, is quite cute. It is very destructive for him.

"Yeah, promises." Wei Chen extended his pinky finger. "Pinky promise. I am your temporary bodyguard, wasn't I?"

Mo Xingyao's mood improved as she accepted the pinky promise with her own.

"Hehe. That's more like it. Don't worry. As long as I finish my business here, I'll accompany you to Immortal Dream Garden!" Mo Xingyao said with a mischievous smile.

"Sigh." Wei Chen let out a tired breath. "Seriously, don't you have other bodyguards?"

"I have, but you are the only one who can fight toe to toe with a Soul Transformation Realm," Mo Xingyao said with a wink.

Unknown to the two, a man in a black cloak on the roof of a faraway building was watching them. He then took out a jade slip.

"Be cautious. Mo Xingyao unexpectedly arrived here instead of a branch manager." the man uttered as he sent the message to whoever was on the other end.

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